7 days, 6 nights
Altai
Sample Program
Day 1
Meeting in Barnaul. |
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Boat trip around the Teletskoye Lake – the largest lake in Altai and one of the largest lakes in Russia. The maximum depth of the lake is about 330 meters. Local people called the lake Altyn-Kol, which means “Golden lake”. Many rivers and streams flow into the lake, but only one river – Biya – flows out. |
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Dinner with a workshop «Altaian tea party» with information about health properties; degustation |
Day 2
Breakfast in the hotel. |
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Excursion to the National Museum of the Altai Republic.The Museum has large ethnographic collections of Altaian indigenous people and also displays the unique artifact – the mummy of Princess of Ukok. |
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Dinner in the hotel. |
Day 3
Breakfast in the hotel. |
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Excursion to the maral breeding farm Karim (25 km), acquaintance with noble animals – marals and learning about healing properties of their horns. |
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Dinner in the hotel. |
Day 4
Breakfast in the hotel. |
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Excursion to Kizil-Chin, also called as Mars (190 km). On the way we will make a photo stop near the North-Chuysky Range, walk along the Martian mountains and the canyons of the Kyzyl-Chin Stream. The multi-colored clays on the surface create the sensation of another planet. |
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Dinner at the restaurant. |
Day 5
Breakfast in the hotel. |
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Visit to the arboretum "Kholmogorye" – a very popular park among eco-tourists. |
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Transfer to the hotel. |
Day 6
Breakfast in the hotel. |
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A visit to a small goat farm. Tasting gourmet goat soft cheeses with various additives, as well as white mold cheeses and a fruit trees ash, smoked "cheeses-snails" and homemade milk chocolates. |
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Transfer to Barnaul (230 км). |
Day 7
Breakfast in the hotel. |